year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
in succession; one by one
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
entrepreneur; person who starts a new business
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
favorite child; favourite child; darling; favorite; star
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
suddenly; all of a sudden
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
month-long period; (during) month
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million